S 2954 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

NJ Veterans to Local Government Employment Act; requires DMVA provide certain information on website and at Veteran Service Offices and certain outreach events; requires DLGS provide certain information on website.

This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs (DMVA) to create a centralized website with resources for veterans seeking public employment, including civil service preference forms, job listings, and transition assistance. It also mandates that DMVA provide printed copies of these resources at Veteran Service Offices and outreach events. Additionally, the Division of Local Government Services must maintain a public list of local government job openings (outside standard civil service rules) that include veteran preference details. The law aims to streamline access to employment information for veterans transitioning to civilian careers across federal, state, county, and municipal government roles.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action May 21, 2026
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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill Introduced · 5 edits · Jan 13, 2026
MODERATE
The bill moved from technical review status to introduced status, with no substantive policy changes. The primary edits are a typo correction in the synopsis (DVA changed to DMVA), removal of bracketed legislative markup around 'Military and' in department name references, addition of a standard STATEMENT section summarizing the bill, and minor punctuation adjustments.
TECHNICAL

Typo corrected in the synopsis: 'DVA' changed to 'DMVA' (Department of Military and Veterans Affairs).

Bracketed markup '[Military and]' was removed from all references to the department name throughout the bill text, reflecting that the language is now finalized rather than proposed insertions.

A standard STATEMENT section was added at the end of the bill summarizing its provisions, as required for introduced bills.

Minor punctuation change: a comma after 'including, but not limited to' was removed in subsection 2.b.(5).

A pre-filed notice line was added indicating the bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2026 session.

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Committee
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May 21, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
upper
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